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Mission "STS-42"
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Mission "STS-42"
| BRIEFLY ABOUT MISSION |
| Registration number | 1992-002A / 21846 |
| Time and date of launch (UT) | 14h.52m.33s. January 22, 1992 |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral, LC 39-A |
| Launch vehicle | Shuttle |
| Payload mass (kg) | 13001 |
| Orbital parameters: | |
| - inclination (degrees) | 57 |
| - period (minutes) | 90.5 |
| - perigee (km) | 291 |
| - apogee (km) | 307 |
| Time and date of landing (wheel stop, UT) | 16h.08m.16s. January 30, 1992 |
| - rollout time (sec.) | 59 |
| Place of landing | Runway 22, Edwards Air Force Base, CA |
| Duration | 8d.01h.15m.43s. |
| Distance (km) | 5.407 million |
| Number of revolutions around Earth | 128 |
| Summary | 14th fly of space shuttle "Discovery". International crew. Experiments at international microgravity laboratory "IML-1". |
| CREW |
| Ord. num. |
Status | Main | Backup | Reserved |
| 1 | Cdr | Grabe, Ronald John | ||
| 2 | Plt | Oswald, Stephen Scot | ||
| 3 | MS | Thagard, Norman Earl | ||
| 4 | MS | Hilmers, David Carl | ||
| 5 | MS | Readdy, William Francis | ||
| 6 | PS | (w) Bondar, Roberta Lynn | Money, Kenneth Eric | |
| 7 | PS | Merbold, Ulf Dietrich | Crouch, Roger Keith | |
| Call sign | Discovery | |||
| TIMELINE |
| Date | Time (UT) | Spaceship's revo- lution number |
Station's revo- lution number |
Explanation |
| Jan 22, 1992 | 14:52:33 | 1 |
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Lift-off Shuttle, mission "STS-42" (crew: Grabe, Oswald, Thagard, Hilmers, Readdy, Bondar, Merbold ). |
| Jan 25, 1992 | 07:50:20 | 1 | Mir:33982 | Lift-off cargo "Progress M-11" . |
| Jan 27, 1992 | 09:30:43 | 34 | Mir:34015 | Docking of "Progress M-11" to fore (transitional) unit of orbital complex "Mir" - "Soyuz-TM13" . |
| Jan 30, 1992 | 15:05:03 | 128 |
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Deorbit burn of Shuttle, mission "STS-42" (crew: Grabe, Oswald, Thagard, Hilmers, Readdy, Bondar, Merbold ). |
| Jan 30, 1992 | 16:08:16 | 129 |
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Landing of Shuttle, mission "STS-42" (crew: Grabe, Oswald, Thagard, Hilmers, Readdy, Bondar, Merbold ). |
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